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Nathalie Kunin, MEd
Educational Specialist
Nathalie Kunin has extensive experience teaching, tutoring and educating parents on how to help their children succeed academically. She founded Team Tutors in 2000 to provide students with one-on-one tutoring and comprehensive test preparation in their own homes. She works closely with students of all ages as well as many private and public school administrators throughout Los Angeles and the Valley.
Nathalie taught for five years at the Center for Early Education, where she also served as president of the Parent Association and as a member of the Board of Trustees. She is currently on the Executive Board of the Beverly Hills Education Foundation, which serves the Beverly Hills public school district.
Nathalie lectures frequently on current educational issues and learning styles. She is an expert on the "eight styles of learning" and conducts assessments on children of all ages so parents can learn how their child processes information. She also consults privately with parents about their children's preschool through high school academic issues. In addition, Nathalie is a frequent contributor to LA Mom Magazine.
Nathalie was born and raised in Los Angeles. She received her bachelor's degree at UCLA and completed her Master of Education at Cal State Los Angeles. She is the mother of two school-aged sons.
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Carolyn McWilliams, MA
Carolyn is currently an educational therapist and educational consultant helping students, parents, and schools meet the challenges of gifted students with learning challenges through her offices in Santa Monica, California. Carolyn also does general consulting with schools on topics from curriculum development to teaching study skills to interpretation of student test scores.
Carolyn began her educational career in Santa Barbara, California, where she received her B.A. and M.A. and became a Ph.D. candidate in Educational Administration with an emphasis on Curriculum and Instruction. She served as a supervisor of student teachers and taught courses across the educational curriculum during her eight years at UCSB.
After completing her studies, Carolyn moved to Los Angeles where she served as the head of Adat Ari El Day School in Valley Village and as a consultant on issues of learning and instruction to Jewish day schools across the Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform Spectrum, as well as to elementary and secondary schools of all types. During this time she also served on the faculty of California State University at Northridge.
The parent of three highly gifted daughters of her own (one with learning challenges), throughout her career, Carolyn has designed innovative strategies, as well as unique programs to help gifted students achieve life success. She established the Johns Hopkins Center for Academically Talented Youth (CTY) Summer Commuter Program held at the University of California Los Angeles and served as parent liaison for the CTY to the press and larger community. She was the founder and head of Bridges Academy, which serves a population of twice-exceptional students in grades 6-12, from 1994-2003 (bridges.edu).
Carolyn has been a classroom teacher in both Goleta Union and Los Angeles Unified School Districts. She was LAUSD Teacher of the Year, was one of five finalists for California Teacher of the Year, and was given an Outstanding Educator Award by the Los Angeles Times. She has published curriculum and articles in the areas of special education, social studies, English, educational computing, ESL, multi-cultural education, study skills, and classroom organization. She regularly presents at conferences and schools on topics related to curriculum, instruction, classroom organization, gifted students, and special needs populations.
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Lee Hausner, PhD
Clinical Psychologist & Author
Dr. Lee Hausner is an internationally recognized clinical psychologist, business consultant and family wealth advisor. She served as the senior psychologist for the Beverly Hills Unified School District for 19 years. She is currently the Senior Managing Director for First Foundation Advisors. An acknowledged expert on psychological issues involving wealth and wealth transfer, she was a presenter at the World Economic Forum in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, and is a frequent participant at the high wealth/private client conferences for major financial institutions. She is a frequent guest on national radio and television and a quoted expert in national publications such as The Wall Street Journal, Times, Forbes, Fortune, Privilege, Town and Country and Worth Magazine.
Dr. Hausner is the co-author with Doug Freeman of A Founder's Guide to the Family Foundation, published by the Council on Foundations and is the author of the seminal work regarding wealth and the family; Children of Paradise: Successful Parenting for Prosperous Families. In addition, Dr. Hausner incorporated her unique six-step transition model for succession in family business in the critically acclaimed family business resource book Hats Off to You 2: Balancing Roles and Creating Success in Family Business, of which she was a co-author.
Dr. Hausner is a graduate of Northwestern University (BA, Psychology), San Francisco State University (MA, Psychology), and Kensington University (PhD, Psychology).
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Cara Natterson, MD
Pediatrician & Author
Cara Natterson, MD has treated thousands of children and guided their parents as well. She was a partner at Tenth Street Pediatrics in Santa Monica, California, a large group practice serving infants, children and teenagers. She now runs Worry Proof Consulting, the first of its kind pediatric practice that offers parents open-ended time to review everything from medical questions and biology basics to child development and parenting issues. Cara is also the author of several books on parenting and child health. She has a unique ability to translate cutting edge research into understandable terms for parents and their kids. More recently, Cara's consulting has extended beyond individual families to include fortune 500 companies seeking expert advice on safety issues, child health, and crisis management.
Cara has appeared on television, in print, and on the web. She is a graduate of Harvard College and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and she trained in pediatrics at the University of California at San Francisco. Cara is a Board certified pediatrician and a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. And anyone who knows her knows that Cara is, by nature, one of the most risk-averse people on earth. She lives in California with her husband and two children.
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Janis Keyser, MA
Early Childhood Education Specialist & Author
Janis Keyser currently works as a site director for a child development program in Mountain View, California. She was a full-time faculty member in the Early Childhood Education Department at Cabrillo College in Aptos, California for 30 years, teaching children, teachers and parents and coordinating a state demonstration infant toddler program. She has written a resource book for parents and one for teachers; and is a nationally recognized speaker at parenting, family and child development conferences, and has conducted workshops nationally and internationally for parents and teachers for over 35 years. She enjoys swimming, kayaking, photography, family games and cooking with friends of all ages.
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Jacqui Boland
CEO & Founder of Red Tricycle
A 15-year media veteran, Jacqui helped launch a slew of media properties for Reed Elsevier, Meredith Corporation, Miller Publishing and San Francisco magazine. Prior to media, Jacqui worked in Public Relations and counted Ringling Bros Circus and Walt Disney's World on Ice among her clients. Her start-up experience includes sflodgings.com (an airbnb predecessor) and Breathe, a yoga lifestyle company. When not running Red Tricycle, she helps manage her six-year-old's growing lemonade stand empire.
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Rebecca Eberlin, PhD
I am a California state licensed psychologist, who specializes in providing evidence-based treatment and assessment to children, adults and families with a variety of emotional, behavioral and developmental challenges.
A proud Wolverine, I graduated from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor with Bachelor of Arts degrees in Psychology and Political Science. I then returned to California and completed my Doctoral training at Pacific Graduate School of Psychology, an APA accredited pre-doctoral internship at Sharp HealthCare, and a post-doctoral fellowship at the Children's Health Council.
I relocated to Los Angeles in the summer of 2011 to conduct prevention-focused research at UCLA's Semel Institute of Neuroscience and Human Behavior at the Global Center for Children and Families. During my time at UCLA, I became the lead psychologist and Director of Services and Operations at the UCLA Family Commons in Santa Monica.
Throughout the course of my career, my research and treatment interests have included working with children, adolescents and adults who struggle with behavioral and emotional challenges, such as depression, anxiety, impulse control disorders, developmental disabilities and other family-based issues. I also conduct parent education seminars that focus on a wide variety of issues including resiliency, stress, relationships, social media and friendship and bullying.
While my primary location is West Los Angeles, I also have offices in Northern California. If you are interested in obtaining coaching or cognitive testing services in the Bay Area, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Please please visit my website to learn more about me, my practice and how therapy can work for you.
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Eight forms of intelligence
Susan Stiffelman, MFT
Author & Therapist
Susan Stiffelman is the author of Parenting Without Power Struggles: Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids While Staying Cool, Calm and Connected and the weekly parenting advice columnist at the Huffington Post. You can sign up for Susan's free parenting newsletter.
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How to handle an elementary school kid's meltdown
Laura Markham, PhD
Dr. Laura Markham is the author of Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids: How to Stop Yelling and Start Connecting. She earned her PhD in Clinical Psychology from Columbia University and has worked as a parenting coach with countless parents across the English-speaking world, both in person and via phone. You can find Dr. Laura online at AhaParenting.com, the website of Aha! Moments for parents of kids from birth through the teen years, where you can sign up for her free daily inspiration email. Dr. Laura lives in New York with her husband and her kids, who are now 17 and 21.
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Tips for managing parental stress
Christine Carter, PhD
Sociologist & Happiness Expert
A sociologist and happiness expert at UC Berkeley's Greater Good Science Center, Christine Carter, PhD is the author of Raising Happiness: 10 Simple Steps for More Joyful Kids and Happier Parents. Dr. Carter also writes an award-winning blog for Greater Good, which is syndicated on the Huffington Post and PsychologyToday.com. Carter has helped thousands of parents find more joy in their parenting while raising happy, successful and resilient kids. Known for her parenting and relationship advice, Carter draws on psychology, sociology, neuroscience, and uses her own chaotic and often hilarious real-world adventures to demonstrate the do's and don'ts in action.
After receiving her B.A. from Dartmouth College, where she was a Senior Fellow, Dr. Carter worked in marketing management and school administration, going on to receive her PhD. in sociology from UC Berkeley. Dr. Carter has been quoted in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, the Chicago Tribune, the San Francisco Chronicle and dozens of other publications. She has appeared on the "Oprah Winfrey Show," the "TODAY" show, the "Rachael Ray Morning Show," "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," "CBS Sunday Morning," "ABC World News with Diane Sawyer" and NPR.
Carter has been a keynote speaker at hundreds of events and professional groups. In 2010, she received an award from the Council on Contemporary Families for her outstanding science-based reporting on family issues. In 2011 she won Red Tricycle's award for the "Most Awesome Parent Education," and so far in 2012 she has been nominated for a Bammy Award and for an award from the American Sociological Association for public sociology.
Dr. Carter teaches parenting classes online throughout the year to a global audience on raisinghappiness.com. She lives with her family in Berkeley, CA.
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The best activities for your child
Jamee Tenzer, PCC
Parent Coach & Author
In 2002, Jamee Tenzer founded CMQ Coaching, a private practice with a focus on working mothers and female executives. She works with her clients to integrate their professional and personal lives in order to make their vision real in the workplace without giving up the experience they want at home. She is also a trainer, mentor, author and small business coach. Her writing has been published in magazines, she is a contributor to numerous websites, writes a monthly newsletter "Coach Me Quick!" and manages "Executive Moms" on LinkedIn. In 2006, she co-authored, 101 Great Ways To Improve Your Life, and in April of 2012 she published her first Coach Me Quick!; Balance Your Work and Family Life with Less Stress and More Fun.
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Helping children avoid peer pressure
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Liz Laugeson, PsyD
Dr. Elizabeth Laugeson is a licensed clinical psychologist and an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior. Dr. Laugeson is the Director of The Help Group – UCLA Autism Research Alliance, which is a collaborative research initiative between The Help Group and the UCLA Semel Institute, dedicated to developing and expanding applied clinical research in the treatment of children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders. She is also the Director of the UCLA PEERS Clinic, which is an outpatient hospital-based clinic providing parent-assisted social skills training for adolescents and young adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders and other social impairments.
Dr. Laugeson has been a principal investigator and collaborator on a number of studies funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) investigating social skills training for youth with developmental disabilities from preschool to early adulthood and is the co-developer of an evidence-based social skills intervention for teens and young adults known as PEERS. She was the two-time recipient of the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award from the NIH from 2004-2007, recipient of the Semel Scholar Award for Junior Faculty Career Development in 2008, and received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Pepperdine University in 2010. Dr. Laugeson has presented her research at international conferences throughout the world including the U.S., Canada, England, Italy, and Australia. Her work has been featured on national and international media outlets such as People Magazine, USA Today, the LA Times, New York Times, Washington Post, CBS, NBC, and Channel 4 in the United Kingdom.
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Tips for dealing with your daughter's moodiness
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Barbara Turvett
Working Mother Magazine Executive Editor
As Working Mother magazine's Executive Editor, Barbara Turvett is integrally involved in the magazine's editorial viewpoint and planning. She oversees and edits women's, family and work life content, top edits the entire magazine and also contributes to workingmother.com. Barbara has specialized in parenting, women's health and education topics throughout her career. She has written and edited for many national publications and websites, among them Parenting, Parents, Family Circle, Weight Watchers, Child, McCall's, Sesame Street Parents, Healthy Kids, Men's Fitness and American Baby magazines. Barbara has edited two award-winning early childhood education books, and she has written a health book and edited several cookbooks for Weight Watchers Publishing Group. Prior to life in publishing, she was an actress and singer and performed in film, theatre and nightclubs. Barbara enjoys life in New York City with her husband, teenage daughter and pet cockatiel.
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How to turn difference into a source of pride
Jorge Partida, PsyD
Dr. Jorge Partida is a Psychologist, Green Advocate and Indigenous Healer. He was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico and immigrated to Chicago at nine years of age. Dr. Jorge has been a consultant on many national and international projects in the areas of education, health, diversity and spirituality. Dr. Jorge has worked with local and national governments to coordinate services for those most impacted by poverty, war and displacement. He has worked in Liberia Africa in the repatriation of boy soldiers and has worked to form "intentional communities" in poverty impacted countries of Latin-America.
Dr. Jorge is the author of The Promise of The Fifth Sun and A Week of Awakening. His writing integrates psychology with native healing traditions to form an easy to use self-help approach. Dr. Jorge has designed and facilitated healing workshops that incorporate ritual and practice.
Dr. Jorge has served as Director of the PsyD program at John F. Kennedy University and as Deputy Director of Behavioral Health with the San Francisco Department of Public Health. Today, Dr. Jorge is the Executive Director of the United States Green Building Council-Los Angeles (USGBC-LA). He believes that the discussion of sustainability provides a platform to address today's most complex issues.
For more than twenty years, Dr. Jorge has presented mental health segments on television and radio. He has worked with many networks, including Univision, Telemundo, HITN-TV in Spanish and CBS, UPN, NBC and PBS in English.
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Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, PhD
Psychologist & Researcher
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi was born in Italy of Hungarian parents. He came to the United States at age 22, became a psychologist, taught at the University of Chicago for 30 years and was Chairman of the Department of Psychology. Since 1999 he has been a Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Management at Claremont Graduate University in Southern California. Of the 13 books he wrote or co-authored, Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience is the best known; it has been translated in 29 languages. He and his wife Isabella spend the summers in Montana, where the rest of the family comes to visit and hike in the mountains.
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Dani Klein Modisett
Mom & Producer
Dani Klein Modisett is the creator/producer/director of the shows "Afterbirth…stories you won't read in Parents magazine," and "Not What I Signed Up For." These are live storytelling shows where acclaimed actors and writers perform original, funny stories about how marriage and parenting challenges them in unexpected ways. The NY Post raved about Afterbirth… calling it,"the Vagina Monologues for the stroller set." After playing to sold out audiences for five years in Los Angeles and NYC and also making stops in Boston and San Francisco, an anthology of stories from Afterbirth was published as a book by St. Martin's Press. Dani is a contributor to Huffington Post, Parents Magazine, and the LA Times. Before having children, Dani worked as a comic, performing across the country and participating in the HBO Aspen Comedy Festival with a solo show she wrote called "The Move." She also taught Stand-up comedy at UCLA and now teaches a workshop at I O West called "Writing For Performance." Afterbirth is in production as a web series for the launch of Disney's website for Mom's, "Not What I Signed Up For" is being developed as a pilot for television with Jerry Weintraub's company. Dani is a graduate of Dartmouth College and lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two sons.
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PEOPLE DO NOT GO EASILY INTO TYRANNY IF THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HAPPENING. IN JUST A FEW MINUTES OF WATCHING, YOU WILL GAIN A LIFE SAVING UNDERSTANDING OF THE REALITY THAT WE FACE TODAY. THIS IS WELL WORTH THE LITTLE TIME THAT IT TAKES TO WATCH IT. WATCH IT IN FULL SCREEN, BY CLICKING THE LOWER RIGHT CORNER ICON.
I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past. And judging by the past, I wish to know what there has been in the conduct of the Federal government for the last ten years to justify those hopes with which gentlemen have been pleased to solace themselves and the House. Is it that insidious smile with which our petition has been lately received? Trust it not, sir; it will prove a snare to your feet. Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss. Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with those warlike preparations which cover our waters and darken our land. Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled that force must be called in to win back our love? Let us not deceive ourselves, sir. These are the implements of war and subjugation; the last arguments to which tyrants resort. I ask gentlemen, sir, what means this martial array, if its purpose be not to force us to submission? Can gentlemen assign any other possible motive for it? Has the Federal government any enemy, in this quarter of the world, to call for all this accumulation of navies and armies? No, sir, she has none. They are meant for us: they can be meant for no other. They are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains which the Federal government have been so long forging. And what have we to oppose to them? Shall we try argument? Sir, we have been trying that for the last ten years. Have we anything new to offer upon the subject? Nothing. We have held the subject up in every light of which it is capable; but it has been all in vain. Shall we resort to entreaty and humble supplication? What terms shall we find which have not been already exhausted? Let us not, I beseech you, sir, deceive ourselves. Sir, we have done everything that could be done to avert the storm which is now coming on. We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the federal government, and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the Federal government. Our petitions have been slighted; our remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult; our supplications have been disregarded; and we have been spurned, with contempt, from the foot of the Federal government! In vain, after these things, may we indulge the fond hope of peace and reconciliation. There is no longer any room for hope. If we wish to be free-- if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending--if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained--we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of hosts is all that is left us!
There is a bill that will come up for a vote in the next session that will make it a crime to attempt to deprive a SC citizen of his right to keep and bear arms. If it passes, the FED will be able to get his badge back, along with his other personal effects, when he is released from jail.
Ron Paul was on CBS Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer on Sunday November 20th.
The treatment of Ron Paul was predictably shameful. As we watch this, we must remember that CBS is owned by Westinghouse, which according to Wikipedia is a top 100 U.S. defense contractor .
No wonder a presidential candidate who advocates peace over war, non-interventionism, and bringing all of our troops home, would be mostly blacked out, and attacked, by a network that is nothing more than a media front for the military industrial complex - the same one President Eisenhower warned us of decades ago.
Pass this information along to as many people as you can, and let people know that CBS is owned an operated by people who make money from war.
BY THE WAY, QUOTING SOMETHING THAT IS TRUE, IS NOT AN ENDORSEMENT OF ANYTHING ELSE THAT THE PERSON, WHO IS QUOTED, MAY HAVE SAID OR DONE.
The fact is that Ron Paul is the only candidate who is not owned by the military industrial complex.
Attention all "conservatives," Tea Partiers, and RINOs: if you think Newt Gingrich is truly a "conservative" Republican in the traditional sense of Constitution-based, limited government and interested in maintaining American sovereignty - think again! This video shows just who Newt Gingrich really is in his own words, actions and voting records.
Newt, Was very important in helping pass NAFTA & GATT which sent millions of jobs overseas. He has supported one world government organizations consistently and belongs to some of the most committed organizations to one world government.
NOW ALL THAT HE HAS TO DO IS FIGURE OUT HOW TO MANUFACTURE A 30 YEAR LONG VOTING RECORD THAT AGREES WITH THE WAY HE IS TRYING TO SOUND.
It has been said that imitation is the most sincere form of flattery. In politics it is called being a spoiler. The shill is just there to divide voters.
"Guy Fawkes -The Only Man Who Ever Entered Parliament With Honest Intentions"
Remember Guy Fawkes Day by viewing V for Vendetta.
Today is the perfect day to see it if you have not already.
We have spent centuries on the development of the Anglo-American traditions of the rule of law, natural rights, and limitation of state power, from Magna Carta to the US Constitution, with an in depth focus upon the Declaration of Independence and the American Revolution, from the Stamp Act up to the USA Patriot Act of today.
Visit www.stopthenorthamericanunion.com for NAU information. Romney , Perry (worst) , Newt nor cain will save us from this. We need Ron Paul for sure.
There is only one chance left to stop this!
Families and businesses are struggling just to make ends meet and reducing expenses in order to survive. Yet, South Carolina's state government is creating a new multimillion dollar agency.
We have one chance to stop its creation.
On June 1st, 2011, the General Assembly ratified the creation of the I-95 Corridor Authority.
According to the legislation, the I-95 Corridor Authority "must carry out economic development and educational improvement activities which, in the opinion of the authority, will improve the economic conditions" along the I-95 corridor or South Carolina.
Yes, you read that right! The General Assembly is about to create a new agency for centrally planning the economy of the 17 counties along I-95.
Have they forgotten the Soviet Union? Don't they know that bureaucratic central planning of the economy doesn't work?
This Assessment is a 189 page document created by an out of state group. It outlines how the government needs to intervene to help improve chronic problems with struggling schools, cyclical poverty, and health and social wellbeing.
It recommends six different areas of intervention ranging from local leadership, to economic development, to health care and social services.
The last thing we needs is a new government bureaucracy to help where we are already burdened by too much "government help".
Fortunately, the governor vetoed the I-95 Corridor Authority Act.
The House will vote on the veto on January 10th when they reconvene for the new year. We need 1/3 of SC House to vote to sustain the governor's veto so we can stop this agency before it gets created!
Though this has largely flown under the radar, it is a monumentally bad piece of legislation that must be stopped.
Please contact your Representative and tell him or her to sustain the governor's veto on S211, the I-95 Corridor Authority Act.
Because this new bureaucracy has not received much attention we must make repeated contacts in order for the lawmakers to realize we are serious.
The scope and authority of this new agency are wide ranging.
The I-95 Authority will, in essence, have the authority to do whatever it thinks it needs to do in "furtherance of its own purpose".
Remember, its purpose is to implement the recommendations of the 189 page I-95 Human Needs Assessment and to "carry out economic development and educational improvement activities which, in the opinion of the Authority, will improve economic conditions."
So the only limit is its own opinion of what will improve economic conditions. Unbelievable!
Now consider that the Human Needs Assessment identifies these six areas of need: (1) Leadership and Local Capacity; (2) Regional Economic Development; (3) Education; (4) Infrastructure; (5) Tax and Finance; (6) Healthcare and Social Service Disparities.
Again... Wow! The scope of the I-95 Authority covers nearly every aspect of our life.
Make no mistake, this new agency will have the authority to do whatever it thinks is necessary to "improve" your life at almost every level.
We do not need more government to fix the problems created by government.
In order to make real improvements in the 17 counties of the I-95 Corridor, indeed, for all of our state, government needs to get out of the way and unburden the opportunities of the people.
Have faith in the ingenuity and work ethic of the people of our state. If government simply gets out of the way, we can, and will, take care of ourselves and our neighbors.
The SCPC goes on to make alternative suggestions for improving the I-95 Corridor.
· remove barriers to private investors who use objective cost-benefit analysis to determine how to best utilize resources to serve the needs of the communities.
It's not just the growth in government size and spending that must be stopped! We've gotta stop the monumental growth in how the government bureaucracy is trying to control every detail of our life.
Government simply does not have the ability to successfully plan our life. Experience and history shows that governments always fail miserably and the people suffer more because of their attempt, and their failure.
Contact your State Representative today and tell him to sustain the governor's veto of S211, The I-95 Corridor Authority Act. It is vital to the future wellbeing of our state!
Our State Representatives are our last chance to prevent this huge growth in state government size, spending, and authority!
When they tell you that you are required to replace the siding on your house, they will also tell you that you are not allowed to do it yourself. You must hire a licensed contractor to do it. The "licensed contractor" paid the city for his license. The "licensed contractor" will also pay the city for a "building permit". The "licensed contractor" will include these costs in his bill to you.
If you want to know who is the servant, and who is the master, just determine this: Who is asking for permission, and who is granting (or denying) permission? Does government accept the fact that they operate with the consent of the governed, or does government tell the governed that they need a permit to peacefully interact with their fellow citizens?
The free citizen does not need permission from government to enjoy the peaceable use of his property. The government needs permission, from the people, for every use of force that they seek. Permission, from the people is only possible where people would have the right to use force on their on behalf.
The proper function of government is the protection of life, liberty, and property. Government is an agency of force. The use of force is only morally justifiable if it is in self defense, or in the defense of someone else, who has authorized us to act in their behalf. Government is the agency which we have collectively authorized to act on behalf of the entire population. A law is a statement of a responsibility which is required by government through the use or the threat of the use of force. Everything that government does involves the use of force. Government uses force to compel the compliance with each of it laws, by providing penalties for violation of laws. Laws may require a specific action from the citizen or they may prohibit a specific action of a citizen. At the very least, in all cases, the actions of government are funded by tax revenues that are taken from citizens through the use, or threat of the use of force. This means that a moral government may only do those things, for which the use of force, would be morally justifiable.
When government uses force beyond the specific consent of the governed, or beyond the only moral justification for the use of force, then government is in violation of ITS PERMIT.
Beyond the lack of a moral justification for the agency of force to become a vender of goods and services there is a more fundamental problem. The hard reality is that the fascist mixture of government and business can never exist for very long without the habitual use of governmental force becoming the central factor in the government's standard operating procedures.
In the private sector the customer is king. When we negotiate with government we understand that government has the power to coerce what no private company would ever even request.
It is a common error to assume that government should promote or provide everything that the people see as good, and prevent everything that the people see as bad. To remain free people must find other ways to solve all but a few of their problems.
The individual rights for every human being, and government coercion, are opposites.
Yet, at the same time, we recognize the fact that the weaker need to be protected from the stronger. Protection is the only reason that we allow government to exist, and is the only legitimate function of government. When government is not limited to its only legitimate functions, then the people need to be protected from their protectors.
All that needs to be done, to protect individual rights, is to limit government to protecting life, liberty, and property. The limitation of government, historically, has been a difficult task; in that criminals will seek to control government, and to use it as an instrument of plunder.
Our founding fathers wrote, in the Declaration of Independence, that governments are instituted among men to protect our rights, and that they derive their just powers from the consent of the governed. The governed citizens have no authority to give consent to the government for any action, that they; as individuals have no right to perform. We have no authority to authorize government to use force, when it is not justified by the need for defense. Each time that government acts, we should be able to ask for the moral justification for this use of force.
In any discussion of expanding the function of government beyond its legitimate function of protecting life liberty and property there is a common sense question that should be asked: Is government doing such a good job of protecting life liberty and property that it seems wise to divide their efforts into other areas? Is there no more crime in your area? If the government cannot perform its primary function, why would we think it wise to give them other duties?
Government must be limited to protecting us from aggressors. There is no human agency; which can morally use force to require or prohibit anything, unless one citizen would have a moral right to use force in the same situation. If there is not a citizen whose life, liberty or property is being put at risk, then there is no government function.
The ends do not justify the means. As soon as you begin to plead the benefits of allowing government to cross this line, there is no where else to close the gate. If we take the first step onto the slippery slope, then we slide all the way to the chasm.
It does not seem prudent to let this happen again.
Remember, in order to stop this unprecedented growth in the size, scope, and spending of South Carolina's state bureaucracy, contact your State Representative today and tell him or her to sustain the governor's veto of the I-95 Corridor Authority.
We must stop the creation of this new state agency that will be given almost unlimited authority to "improve" the lives of people that live in the 17 counties around I-95. We know that anytime the government tries to "improve" our lives, we suffer the miserable consequences!
"Fascism" is a term that is frequently misused. It is often used simply as a insult for those of any opposing political camp. Yet there is a correct usage for this term. Fascism is a governmental system which permits a certain degree of "private" property or business ownership, but the management of the property is under governmental oversight.
Fascism is a form of socialism. The term "Nazi" means NATIONAL SOCIALIST. Fascism is not a "right wing" opposite of Communism. Fascism is a transition step in the direction of Communism.
Senate Doc# 43; SENATE RESOLUTION NO.62 (Pg 9,Par 2)April 17th 1933: "The ultimate ownership of all property is in the State; individual so-called "ownership" is only by virtue of government, i.e.law, amounting to mere user; and use must be in accordance with law and subordinate to the necessities of the State"
In Fascism "owners" are generally allowed to retain title to property, but are prohibited from using property in any way which does not follow some governmental law or regulation. Governmental law or regulation might be ambiguous or self-contradictory.
After being denied any control as to what can be done with property these victimized owners are granted the privilege of paying taxes on the property. This type of symbolic ownership makes property ownership into a burden rather than a benefit. Property "owners" are also given the duty of maintaining the property, and the standards for this maintenance are dictated by government. The government might set unreasonable requirements as to the maintenance of the property, which is always at the expense of the "owner".
"The merger of Government power & Corporate power is FASCISM"
Fascism is actually the government ownership of all property except in name or "title". Fascism allows citizens to believe that they own property, but they must use it in accordance with the mandates of government. Since the only benefit of ownership is the ability to control and use the property, the real ownership is actually in the hands of the government.
Fascism is De Facto government ownership of private property.
Communism is the abolition of private property through actual, and admitted, government ownership.
The most disgusting part of the scenario is the attempt to justify the taking of property rights of the individual on the grounds that it will benefit the community as a whole. In reality the whole of the community is equally devastated by the destruction of property rights.
Totalitarians, who have been unable to achieve their desired degree of control over our society, through other arguments, have shifted their plan of attack to an appeal that is based on the false objective of protection of a "community" value.
"a membership association dedicated to building safety and fire prevention, develops the codes used to construct residential and commercial buildings, including homes and schools."
"Most U.S. cities, counties and states that adopt codes choose the International Codes developed by the International Code Council."
The term "adopt codes" is a euphemism for the creation of laws. According to our constitution, laws are supposed to be voted upon, and passed, by elected legislators, and then only enforced if these laws are constitutional.
"The International Code Council (ICC) was established in 1994 as a nonprofit organization dedicated to developing a single set of comprehensive and coordinated national model construction codes. The founders of the ICC are Building Officials and Code Administrators International, Inc. (BOCA), International Conference of Building Officials…"
Even though the International Code Council describes itself as an American private organization, it uses the term "International" in its name.
and then do your own research.
The International Code Council describes itself as a private organization, yet it provides detailed instructions as to how municipalities can "adopt" these "codes", and give them the FORCE OF LAW.
With this FORCE OF LAW municipalities will cite The International Property Maintenance Code as the authority to order property owners do follow a myriad of mandates that will boggle the minds of average citizens. No part of the property is ignored. This even includes yard work, parking of vehicles, and painting.
This coat of paint on the face of tyranny does nothing to alter the essence of fascism. The struggle against totalitarianism is now including the new playing field of MUNICIPAL governments. And as do most totalitarians, the fascists always say they want to take power "for our own good."
"The most terrifying aspect of the whole fascist episode is the dark fact that most of its poisons are generated not by evil men or evil peoples, but by quite ordinary men in search of an answer to the baffling problems that beset every society. Nothing could have been further from the minds of most of them than the final brutish and obscene result. The gangster comes upon the stage only when the scene has been made ready for him by his blundering precursors."
"Anti-individualistic, the fascist conception of life stresses the importance of the State and accepts the individual only in so far as his interests coincide with those of the State, which stands for the conscience and the universal will of man as a historic entity…. The fascist conception of the State is all-embracing; outside of it no human or spiritual values can exist, much less have value…. Fascism is therefore opposed to that form of democracy which equates a nation to the majority, lowering it to the level of the largest number…. We are free to believe that this is the century of authority, a century tending to the 'right', a Fascist century. If the 19th century was the century of the individual (liberalism implies individualism) we are free to believe that this is the 'collective' century, and therefore the century of the State."
"Fascism may be defined as a form of political behavior marked by obsessive preoccupation with community decline (emphasis added), humiliation, or victim-hood and by compensatory cults of unity, energy, and purity, in which a mass-based party of committed nationalist militants, working in uneasy but effective collaboration with traditional elites, abandons democratic liberties and pursues with redemptive violence and without ethical or legal restraints goals of internal cleansing and external expansion."
Of course this is an open door for corruption. The coercion placed upon one person is often the creation of income for some other insider cohort of the bureaucrats, or even for the bureaucrats themselves. The government that "robs Peter to pay Paul" will always have the support of Paul.
The most important thing to understand about Fascism is that it progresses through stages. It begins with government "regulating" business. Then it progresses into government actually managing the business. When government manages an entire industry there are no longer any competing enterprises, but there is just one government monopoly. No longer is there any regulation of that monopoly, because the "regulator" is actually the senior partner in the enterprise. Great care is taken to create the appearance that everything is for the benefit of the people. In reality the people are exploited by insiders both in and out of government. In the final analysis it all comes down to money and power for the few.
Of course, the ultimate stage of fascism is national centralization of power at the highest level. At this stage the central government controls every industry, and every municipality. Like a pack of wolves, each part of this monster contributes to the strength of the whole. The control over goods and services will be used to control, and monitor, the people. Control of health care is the power of life and death. Control of communications is the ability to stifle dissent. Control of food, water, shelter, and electricity is control of the ability to survive. The ramifications go on and on.
Private property rights are essential to liberty. The more secure private property rights are, the more individuals can protect themselves against the attacks of politicians and bureaucrats. Limitations on private property rights results in coercion, plunder and tyranny.
"Amidst this labyrinthine organization and all the multitude of offices and agencies of the Ministry of Economics and the Four-Year Plan and the niagara of thousands of special decrees and laws even the most astute businessman was often lost, and special lawyers had to be employed to enable a firm to function. The graft involved in finding one's way to key officials who could make decisions on which orders depended or in circumventing the endless rules and regulations of the government and the trade associations became in the late Thirties astronomical."
As in all forms of tyranny the "endless rules and regulations of the government" creates a mechanism for a subtle form of terrorism that can be used against those who might try to defend their rights. Government now has the ability to impose the selective enforcement of law against any subject who might resist oppression. Any protest of the destruction of liberty will be met with a myriad of new citations for other contrived "violations". The tactic will usually terrorize the victim, or simply wear him down, until he just decides to go along.
Usually the victim will be told that these citations do not need to be put before a real judge and a jury of peers, as our constitution requires. Instead, the victim will be required to "exhaust his administrative remedies" before seeing anything that appears similar to the justice system that is defined in our constitution. This process is more accurately called being exhausted BY administrative remedies. This is the time consuming frustration of being tried by a so called "administrative judge" who is an employee of the accuser. The accuser's agent generally rules that the accuser was right.
A murderer would be tried before a real judge and a jury of peers. A property owner, who is accused of not cutting his lawn often enough has no such rights.
If the property owner fails to do as he is told quickly enough, then the government will appear on his property with bulldozers and a wrecking crew and simply demolish and level his property. The property owner will receive a bill for the cost of destroying his property. If he fails to pay that bill, then the land that is left after destroying his property will be sold at public auction to satisfy this lien.
Private property rights are an essential part of the pursuit of happiness.
A progression occurs in the deterioration from liberty into totalitarianism. There are a number of measurable parameters that can be readily used as a measure, and to define, the loss of freedom. The central measurement is the tabulation of what the people actually control. Of course that which the people control is diminished every time that any function is given over to government. Whatever the government is allowed to control becomes an increase in the power of government and a loss of liberty to the people.
Often the first step in this progression is that we move from services being provided by several competing private entities, to services being provided by a government regulated monopoly. Often the next step is that we move to services being provided by a monopoly that is operated by the government itself.
When services are provided by several competing private entities the customer has the ability to choose between those competing private entities. The customer might be influenced by price, or by the quality of the service, or by any other factor that is important to that customer.
When services are provided by a government regulated monopoly the customer has no ability to choose between competing entities, but the assertion will be made that the customer will be protected from the abuse of the monopoly by virtue of the regulation from the government. Of course this assertion is based on the theory that the government has no goals of its own in the regulation of the monopoly, and that the government has no bias of any sort.
When services are provided by a government monopoly the customer has no ability to choose between competing entities. More importantly, there is no longer any way to make the assertion that the customer will be protected from the abuse of the monopoly by the regulation from the government. Of course there will be a claim that the government will regulate itself. At best, this scenario is the fox protecting the hen house.
Of course the jump from services that are provided by several competing private entities, to services that are provided by a government monopoly can be made without going through the stage of services that are provided by a government regulated monopoly.
The Town of Benito Junction decides to go into the business of collecting the trash. Soon there is a law that requires everyone to use the service that is being provided by the Town of Benito Junction. Next the charge for that service is added to the property owner's tax bill. Now if the property owner fails to pay this charge it becomes a lien on the property. If the property owner does not satisfy this lien then the property will be sold at public auction. The consumer should compare this scenario to the worst problem that he could have ever had with Joe's Garbage Service. When the law was passed, requiring everyone to pay taxes for trash collection, the claim was that the trash, including old furniture, would be picked up if it was brought to the curb. Then is you put out any old furniture you get a "notice of violation" ordering you to do the work that you paid the city to do.
Adolph Village is providing water and sewer. Soon there will be a law that requires everyone to use the water and sewer service that is being provided by Adolph Village. Next there will be a law that requires everyone to get a "permit" from Adolph Village before they are allowed to install a well or a septic tank. Then it becomes difficult or impossible to obtain a "permit" from Adolph Village to install a well or a septic tank.
Meanwhile Adolph Village employees will be going outside of Adolph Village, and offering to let property owner's connect to their sewer lines, and to build new sewer lines outside of Adolph Village. In order to connect to the sewer lines provided by Adolph Village, property owners must sign a contract with Adolph Village. In addition to giving over the easements to construct the sewer line across their property, there are a few other provisions in this contract. The property owners also agree that, if their property ever becomes contiguous to the boundaries of Adolph Village, then the property will be annexed into Adolph Village with no need for a vote on annexation. The property owners might think that the possibility of their property becoming contiguous to the boundaries of Adolph Village is remote. What they do not understand is that one part of the sewer line is already inside of Adolph Village. Combine this fact with the reality that ever property owner on the sewer line has signed the same contract. Now annexation proceeds, like dominos falling, all the way to the end of the sewer line.
The charge for water and sewer, at any given time in the future, will be whatever Adolph Village says it is. How much did your well and septic tank cost?
Now that your property has been annexed into Adolph Village you have had a visit from the "code enforcement inspectors". The "code enforcement inspectors" notify you of several violations, which must be corrected within a specified period of time. You will need to cut down several trees, trim your hedges, rake up all parts of the yard, and re-paint your house. You will also be required to dispose of the Mercedes Benz that you have parked in the back yard. But you are in luck. Co-incidentally, the "code enforcement inspector's" father is in the auto salvage business. The code enforcement inspector's father will give you $50.00 for that Mercedes Benz, and he will tow it away before the deadline. Will you thank him for his help?
The blatant assertion that there is no such thing as private property rights has become so audacious that some municipalities have even made a "law" that strips from the property owner the right to park his own car in his own front yard!
You also have a rental house that gets water and sewer from Adolph Village. The first time that this rental house becomes vacant you are told that there is a $45.00 "processing fee" to change the name on the water account from the renter's name to your own name. There will be another $45.00 "processing fee" to change the name on the water account from your own name to the next renter's name. This $45.00 "processing fee" will occur every time that the name on the water account changes. To get water or sewer service you must sign a contract. Remember that you are required by law to get water or sewer service, and you are prohibited from installing a well or a septic tank. Then, in effect, you are required by law to sign this contract. No one seems to remember that a contract that is signed under duress is invalid. In order to sign this contract you must furnish your social security number. You must agree to pay the default bills of your renters, and you must agree that if the property ever becomes contiguous to the boundaries of Adolph Village, then their property will be annexed into Adolph Village with no need for a vote on annexation.
Some municipalities are even asserting that a property owner must obtain a "business license" to rent property. Black's Law Dictionary defines "license" as: "The permission by competent authority to do an act which, without such permission, would be illegal, a trespass, or otherwise not allowable." In short, a license is permission to do something that would be illegal without that license. In a free country, is it illegal to own property, or to rent, buy, or sell property? Of course these municipalities will even assert the right to charge a fee to the property owner for violating his property rights.
A free citizen does not require permission from the government to enjoy the inalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Property rights are a part of the pursuit of happiness. Here is one of the essential differences between freedom and tyranny. In fact, the licensing of "rights" is a hallmark of the onset of tyranny.
I just discovered your web site today & I am appalled you are promoting someone like Newt on your website. An immoral member of the Council on Foreign Relations. That is number one.
Number two, I do not see a SINGLE mention of Ron Paul on your web site. Who started the Tea Party movement? Do you guys even have a clue? Apparently NOT.
Number three: Herman Cain? A former head of the KC FED? Are you kidding me? He gives LIP service to Tea Party ideals ONLY.
As far as I can tell you guys are trying to usurp this movement. You hire former Bush administration people? All I can say is the actual truth here. You guys are political whores. And I would really like to see someone from your website to try and prove other wise.
NOW NEWT SAYS WHATEVER RON PAUL SAYS.
ALL THAT HE HAS TO DO NOW IS FIGURE OUT HOW TO MANUFACTURE A 30 YEAR LONG VOTING RECORD THAT AGREES WITH THE WAY HE IS TRYING TO SOUND.
Newt was very important in helping pass NAFTA & GATT, which sent millions of jobs overseas. He has supported one world government organizations consistently, and belongs to some of the most committed organizations to one world government.
This is not an endorsement of the rest of what Rachel Maddow says.
Who started the NEW Tea Party Movement?
The picture that is below is from the 2008 presidential campaign.
WHO WOULD BACK THE BOTTOM RUNNER EXCEPT THOSE WHO JUST WANT TO HURT RON PAUL?
On December 16th, 2007; the anniversary of Boston Tea Party, Americans "dumped the tea" again by donating over $6.04 Million into the Ron Paul 2008 Presidential Campaign. This was largest one day political donation ever!


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Improving Program Management
Two years after the Program Management Improvement and Accountability Act was signed into law, slow but steady progress is being made.
Senior Fellow, IBM Center for the Business of Government
The many headlines and Government Accountability Office reports about challenges in implementing federal programs are constant reminders of the criticality of having seasoned program managers in place.
Congress recognized the governmentwide shortage of program management talent and leadership commitment in 2016 when it passed the Program Management Improvement and Accountability Act (PMIAA). Two years after its passage, slow but steady progress is being made to implement not only the law's requirements but also its underlying intent—to improve the government's ability to manage large and complex programs.
The law basically does four things:
First, it requires each of the 24 major agencies to designate a program management improvement officer to be responsible for program management policy and strategy, and creates a cross-government council among these officials.
Second, it requires the Office of Management and Budget to identify best practices and develop a standards-based model for program management consistent throughout the federal government, along with a five-year strategic plan for implementation.
Third, it requires OMB and agencies to conduct annual portfolio reviews of large agency programs, including those on the Government Accountability Office's High-Risk List.
And finally, it requires the Office of Personnel Management to create a formal job series and career path for program managers in the federal government.
The Office of Management and Budget released guidance to agencies in June that details a five-year implementation framework and requires the major agencies to name their program management improvement officers. It also requires the development of common standards, career paths and training for program managers across the government.
A Three-Prong Plan of Action
As an OMB staffer noted: "This legislation isn't self-executing." To have an impact, it requires committed, long-term attention and coordination across professional disciplines and across functional units, even within OMB. He said OMB realizes it can't just establish implementation requirements; rather, it has to work with agencies to build capacity. Consequently, the resulting five-year plan offers a three-pronged phased approach based on the different levels of maturity each agency has developed in their approach to improving program management.
The first strategy, which has largely consumed OMB time and attention in 2018, has been to create a governance framework. To date, OMB has defined the roles of agency chief operating officers, program management improvement officers, and the Program Management Policy Council. Agencies have appointed their PMI officers and tasked them with developing agency-specific plans of action.
OMB hosted the first meeting of the Program Management Policy Council in late September and focused on setting priorities within each of these three strategies. It emphasized that it did not want to displace existing standards and practices that work in agencies, and wanted to integrate program management into other existing processes established by other management legislation, such as the GPRA Modernization Act's annual agency strategic reviews of goals and objectives.
The initial area of implementation emphasis will be within the acquisition community, a focus that results not only from the community's history of past challenges but also in light of the fact that federal agency investments in building agency program management expertise has been traditionally made in this management area. As a result, the second strategy has been to undertake portfolio reviews for major acquisition programs. Such focus is reflected in the Cross-Agency Priority Goal, "Improve Management of Major Acquisition," which is part of the President's Management Agenda. Under this strategy, the initial step will be to create agency-level Acquisition Program Management Offices in each agency. Agencies will also align the efforts of existing agency Investment Review Boards with the role of their new agency-level Program Management Policy Councils. Once these are well underway, OMB would like to extend the reach of the initiative to encompass other federal programs, including grants as well as programs on the GAO High Risk List.
The third strategy is to build greater capacity within agencies to manage complex programs. OMB is working with the Office of Personnel Management to define the strategic talent management needs of agencies and the training needed by the current workforce. They are also working on defining potential job series, career paths, and mentoring programs, with an initial focus on acquisition staffs. OPM has announced that it will be conducting assessments next year of program and project managers across federal agencies to determine the competencies of the management workforce. According to Federal Times, this will be done in a phased approach across four groups of agencies beginning in May 2019.
The timetable for these three key strategies stretches out to fiscal year 2022, at which point OMB will reassess progress and work with the Program Management Policy Council to develop the next steps, revising strategies in the initial five-year strategic plan as needed, as well identifying priorities for future efforts.
Why Is This So Hard to Do?
Implementation of this law is more challenging than it might seem on the surface for at least three reasons:
First, there is not a one-size-fits-all definition as to what constitutes a program. There are several different ways of viewing what constitutes a program, some of which are relevant to some agencies based on their missions, but no definition works across the board. Interestingly, different laws define "programs" differently, as well, and pending legislation would add yet another.
Second, there's not a one-size-fits-all approach to what constitutes program management. During the development of OMB's guidance, University of Michigan public management professor Janet Weiss conducted a study on how to improve federal program management. She found that the diversity of different programmatic missions within government militates again a common approach to standards, career paths, and training. She concludes that a single approach would likely not achieve the law's improvement goal and offers recommendations that are consistent with the way the guidance was ultimately written.
A third challenge is that most program managers don't see themselves as program managers. They see themselves in the context of their professional communities (e.g., social worker) or their career's policy domain (e.g., managing foster care). For the most part, they don't see their profession as program managers and most don't aspire to a career path as a program manager. Furthermore, program management has traditionally been treated as an acquisition function, when in fact it is much broader role, involving human resources, IT, financial management, mission-delivery functions, potentially other agencies, contractors, the media, and even Congress. The guidance is flexible enough to encompass the contributions of these broader management functions as well, and is not directed solely to program managers.
There are some places in government that are already pioneering best practices in program management. For example, the Commerce Department created a departmentwide program management office in 2010 (just three staff) and it assesses the status of large programs via an acquisition review framework. At the time, there had been too much of an emphasis in getting contracts signed and not enough on managing their implementation.
When the office began operation, its first challenge was in defining what constituted a program within Commerce, which builds ships, satellites, and conducts the census. They then identified and prioritized high profile, critical programs and created a Secretary's Review Board to regularly assess progress in these targeted programs. Integrated product teams were run at the bureau level.
The office created some capacity building to better manage programs in the department by identifying the 200 people who had been designated as program managers (they found that in practice, thousands across the department are actually program managers, including meteorologists, statisticians, and small business advisors. For the top 200, they created a program management certification track and tracked those that were identified as great program managers. These were designated as mentors and coaches and held annual conferences among them which led to the creation of a community of practice.
Since, a governmentwide community of practice has evolved at the GS-13 to -15 levels for those who have completed certification training. This informal community helps sustain momentum at the staff level and is developing a one-stop program manager toolkit to provide resources to new and experienced program managers. In addition, each agency's program management improvement officer is establishing a website with agency-specific tools and resources.
Agency implementation plans were due to OMB at the end of November and OMB staff are highlighting some best practices. A number of agencies are conducting reviews of their acquisition portfolios, piloting the use of dashboards to track progress of projects, and some agencies are completing inventories of ongoing projects. A number are also developing training strategies, much like those promoted within the Commerce Department.
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We are announcing the winner of the Member of the Week Award for 8th to 14th Dec 2014, this week award goes to Anwesha for an outstanding contribution.
Once again my heartiest congratulation to Anwesha for winner title of Member of the Week Award for 8th to 14th Dec 2014 and thanks to webmaster Hafeez for this anoucement.
Congratulations on your second MOW award! Good to see your steady contributions at Techulator.
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Museo Calouste Gulbenkian
Famous for its outstanding quality and breadth, the world-class Museu Calouste Gulbenkian showcases an epic collection of Western and Eastern art – from Egyptian treasures to Old Master and Impressionist paintings.
The chronological romp kicks off with highlights such as gilded Egyptian mummy masks, Mesopotamian urns, elaborate Persian carpets, Qing porcelain (note the grinning Dogs of Fo) and a fascinating Roman gold-medallion collection. Going west, art buffs admire masterpieces by Rembrandt (Portrait of an Old Man), Van Dyck and Rubens (including the frantic Loves of the Centaurs). Be sure to glimpse Rodin's passionate Eternal Springtime.
The grand finale is the collection of exquisite René Lalique jewellery, including the otherworldly Dragonfly.
Museo Nacional de Arte Antiga
Set in a lemon-fronted, 17th-century palace, the Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga is Lapa's biggest draw. It presents a star-studded collection of European and Asian paintings and decorative arts.
Keep an eye out for highlights such as Nuno Gonçalves' naturalistic Panels of São Vicente, Dürer's St Jerome and Lucas Cranach's haunting Salomé as well as period furniture pieces like King Afonso V's ceremonial 1470s armchair and the elaborate lacquered wood, silver-gilt and bronze late-16th-century casket.
Other gems include golden wonder the Monstrance of Belém, a souvenir from Vasco da Gama's second voyage, and 16th-century Japanese screens depicting the arrival of the Namban (southern barbarians), namely big-nosed Portuguese explorers.
Biannual temporary themed exhibitions (priced separately at around €7) are reached via a second entrance on Rua das Janelas Verdes; as is the stone-arched cafe and wonderfully peaceful gardens with river views.
Museu Nacional dos Coches
Cinderella wannabes delight in Portugal's most-visited museum, which dazzles with its world-class collection of 70 17th- to 19th-century coaches in a new ultramodern (and some might say inappropriately contrasting) space that debuted in 2015.
Don't miss Pope Clement XI's stunning ride, the scarlet-and-gold Coach of the Oceans, or the old royal riding school, Antigo Picadeiro Real, across the street. The easily missable upper level hosts temporary contemporary-art exhibitions.
Discover your inner child at the surprisingly enchanting Museu da Marioneta, a veritable Geppetto's workshop housed in the 17th-century Convento das Bernardas. Alongside superstars such as impish Punch and his Portuguese equivalent Dom Roberto are rarities: Vietnamese water puppets, Sicilian opera marionettes and intricate Burmese shadow puppets. Check out the fascinating exhibit of the making of the animation film, A Suspeita.
Tots can try their hand at puppetry. The museum also hosts puppet-making workshops, free weekend puppet shows from October to December and charged shows in the open-air cloister in summer.
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Q: VirtualBox won't forward port 80 Windows 8.1x64 host, Debian 8.3 guest. I've got 2 network adapters set up: 1st is NAT and 2nd is Host-only. I have set up port forwarding for ports 22 and 80 for NAT adapter. Port 22 works (meaning I can SSH using my public IP), port 80 doesn't, connection times out. However, if I use a browser to connect to the IP from the Host-only adapter, everything work fine.
What am I doing wrong?
Below you can see the screenshots of configuration of the NAT adaptor, netstat output from host and router configuration.

A: As dumb as it may sound, the issue was that the router had port 80 reserved for remote management (despite being disabled). There was no indication that this was the case. I found this out when doing the same setup on another router of the same vendor (TP-Link) - this one has flagged that port 80 is reserved. Changing remote management port on the router to 81 fixed the issue.

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The effect of ion implantation on magnetic properties of CoPd multilayer structures possessing perpendicular anisotropy
A. Krichevsky, A. Lavrenov, N. Amos, B. Hu, K. Taylor, S. Khizroev
Focused ion beam (FIB) milling is a well-established technique for micro- and nano-fabrication of prototype media and devices. However, the key advantages of this method must be carefully balanced against its inherent problems such as ion implantation to the treated matrix and secondary deposition of the milled material. In this work, we report the effect of Ga+ ion implantation in multilayer CoPd matrix on the materials' magnetic properties. The dependence of the effect on both the irradiation dosage and the ion energy is studied. We observe a significant effect at irradiation doses as low as 1 * 1014 ions/cm2, approximately 10 times lower than previously reported. However, the total magnetic moment of the medium is not affected, while the anisotropy of the material changes from out-of-plane to in-plane. No effect of implantation is observed at ion energies at and below 5 keV.
Journal of Nanoelectronics and Optoelectronics
https://doi.org/10.1166/jno.2008.305
Anisotropy
Coercivity
CoPd multilayers
Ion bombardment
Magnetic recording
Patterned media
Perpendicular media
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Krichevsky, A., Lavrenov, A., Amos, N., Hu, B., Taylor, K., & Khizroev, S. (2008). The effect of ion implantation on magnetic properties of CoPd multilayer structures possessing perpendicular anisotropy. Journal of Nanoelectronics and Optoelectronics, 3(3), 274-276. https://doi.org/10.1166/jno.2008.305
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In: Journal of Nanoelectronics and Optoelectronics, Vol. 3, No. 3, 12.2008, p. 274-276.
Krichevsky, A, Lavrenov, A, Amos, N, Hu, B, Taylor, K & Khizroev, S 2008, 'The effect of ion implantation on magnetic properties of CoPd multilayer structures possessing perpendicular anisotropy', Journal of Nanoelectronics and Optoelectronics, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 274-276. https://doi.org/10.1166/jno.2008.305
Krichevsky A, Lavrenov A, Amos N, Hu B, Taylor K, Khizroev S. The effect of ion implantation on magnetic properties of CoPd multilayer structures possessing perpendicular anisotropy. Journal of Nanoelectronics and Optoelectronics. 2008 Dec;3(3):274-276. https://doi.org/10.1166/jno.2008.305
Krichevsky, A. ; Lavrenov, A. ; Amos, N. ; Hu, B. ; Taylor, K. ; Khizroev, S. / The effect of ion implantation on magnetic properties of CoPd multilayer structures possessing perpendicular anisotropy. In: Journal of Nanoelectronics and Optoelectronics. 2008 ; Vol. 3, No. 3. pp. 274-276.
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Living in peace is essential in the life of a Christian, but at times it may seem like an impossible dream. There are always difficult people who seem determined to cause trouble and stir up dissention and strife.
When you boil it all down, most strife comes about from everyone wanting to have their own way. That's the nature of our flesh: we all want what WE want. We think that our way is the one that matters. We are, in the flesh, self centered and self-serving. This is the source of most human strife and stress.
But here's the thing: it's not all about us. The world does not revolve around us and our desires. As Christians, we are not to live according to our flesh. Life in the Spirit offers us a better way. Philippians 2:3 says: "Let nothing be done through strife or vain glory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than themselves."
When we esteem others better than ourselves, we don't need to strive so hard to have our own way. We realize that in many matters, there can be more than one right way, and so we are willing to allow others to have it their way. We realize that every person approaches things with their own background and experiences, and that their way may very well be as valid as ours.
When we are always determined to have it our own way, we will always have stress and strife in our lives. We can have peace, instead of stress and stuggle. That's impossible for us to do, without the help and influence of the Holy Spirit, but with God, all things are possible. It's really up to us: Do we want to live in peace? Are we willing to humble ourselves and esteem others ahead of ourselves? Will we choose to live according to the flesh, or according to the Spirit?


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Leading a double life
Teacher Salwa Sabet is a part of two different cultures
Meghan Jacob, Staff Writer|February 21, 2019
Growing up in the middle of an Egyptian and Canadian household is what freshman biology teacher Salwa Sabet has been living with since childhood.
Sabet's mother was raised in Canada and her father grew up in Egypt, which gave Sabet many unusual hardships as a kid.
"I definitely had moments growing up where I felt very lonely and isolated from constantly being in the middle of my parent's two different cultures and from other people never really understanding the situation I was in," Sabet said.
Sabet regularly struggled with finding her place in between her family's two backgrounds.
"When you are apart of two cultures, you identify with both, but never one completely," Sabet said. "Yes, my dad is Egyptian and that's a part of me, but I'm not 100% because my mother is also caucasian. And each culture and each side always has certain expectations of you which you feel like you can never completely meet and honestly you don't know if you would want to either."
Sabet loved her Egyptian family's culture, but struggled to keep her pride for her heritage throughout her childhood.
"On the one hand, growing up I loved my Egyptian heritage from overall just loving the culture so much, but I hated having to constantly having to explain myself to other people," Sabet said. "So for me sometimes it was almost just easier just to blend in and pretend, and just try to not mention it as much as possible and keep it all in."
Over the past couple years she has continually met more people that grew up in the same situation that she can relate to.
"As I'm getting older and have gone through more and more of these kinds of experiences, I've learned that you just have to choose what you feel is right for yourself, and whoever really cares about you will accept that," Sabet said.
Sabet is now proud of her cultural background, in spite of her past hardships. Sabet now loves visiting Egypt and experiencing the cultural differences.
"The first time I went to Egypt was when I was either seven or eight, and that was a total culture shock for me," Sabet said. "I am from Ontario, California and was this all American, Californian girl and it was such a new experience for me at the time, but are still some of my favorite memories to this day."
However, Sabet hasn't been back to Egypt since she graduated high school.
"When I was around the age of 17 I spent a little under a year in Egypt with my family that still lives there," Sabet said. "From not knowing exactly what I wanted to do and what I wanted to major in, my dad thought staying in Egypt while making these decisions would be a good experience for me."
During her stay in Egypt, she lived with her aunts who spoke almost no English which pushed her to really dedicate time into learning Arabic, the official language of Egypt.
"I'm always a little embarrassed to ever speak [Arabic] because my dad never really spoke it at home from my mom not speaking it," Sabet said. "So I'm not super fluent, but I do know enough to answer and respond to general questions in Arabic and what not."
While in Egypt though, she went to Arabic school to learn more of the language and was able to practice her Arabic daily with her family.
"Even though my dad did not speak much Arabic at home, I have very vivid memories of being with my dad while all of his friends were over who spoke Arabic, and even though I would not know what they were saying, the intonation and sound of the words always made me feel a sense of comfort," Sabet said. "And so when I hear other people speak it now, I always feel a connection to it."
Although it is hard for Sabet to practice and find others who speak Arabic in America, she makes sure to find ways to keep it prevalent in her life.
"I love watching Egyptian dramatic soap operas, which is what everyone watches back in Egypt, mainly because it lets me practice my Arabic," Sabet said. "But I also just love hearing the sound of people speaking it and the homey feeling it gives me."
Sabet also does not look Middle Eastern almost at all, but has a completely Egyptian name.
"My dad gave me my name because to him it has a meaning. It was his sister's name and it was special and important to him," Sabet said. "But to me as a kid, it was embarrassing from no one being able to say it correctly and everyone always making it into rude words."
Sabet had rough experiences as a kid from being made fun of for having a "foreign" name, but also for not not being aware of typical American traditions.
"My dad's muslim, so growing up there was no Christmas or any of those kinds of holidays," Sabet said. "When kids tried to talk to me about things like Santa Claus, I was always confused and didn't really understand what any of it was, so now that I'm older, I kind of enjoy celebrating those kind of holidays and decorating my classroom for the holidays because I didn't get to as a kid."
And even through growing up and feeling isolated sometimes, Sabet is thankful for the lessons it has taught her throughout the years.
"I always have and will continue to love both sides of my family and value things from both sides of my cultures," Sabet said. "My family is so important to me and I am so thankful to have them in my life."
Meghan Jacob, Editor-in-Chief
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